Mathematical modelling of decision problems : using the SIMUS method for complex scenarios / / Nolberto Munier |
Autore | Munier Nolberto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
Disciplina | 658.403 |
Collana | Multiple criteria decision making |
Soggetto topico | Multiple criteria decision making - Mathematical models |
ISBN | 3-030-82347-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Reference -- Contents -- Chapter 1: MCDM Methods: Modelling, Feasibility, and Sensitivity Analysis -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Present-Day Condition of MCDM -- 1.1.2 Are MCDM Methods Reliable or They Are Only a Useful Guide? -- 1.1.3 Modelling -- 1.1.4 Project Feasibility -- 1.1.4.1 A Fundamental Question: Is a Problem Feasible? -- 1.1.5 As Done at Present, Sensitivity Analysis Is Not Reliable -- 1.2 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Linear Programming and the SIMUS Method -- 2.1 Linear Programming -- 2.2 The SIMUS Method -- 2.2.1 SIMUS and Sensitivity Analysis -- 2.2.2 How SIMUS Considers the Significance of Criteria? -- 2.2.3 The Role of the DM -- 2.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Analysis of Facts: Issues and Questions Answered in MCDM Practice -- 3.1 Which Are Complex Scenarios? -- 3.2 Why There Could Be Precedence Between Projects, What Do They Mean? -- 3.3 Why Most Methods Do Not Consider Resources? -- 3.4 Why There Is a Necessity to Consider All Aspects of a Project and Not Only the Most Important? -- 3.5 How Are Resources Considered? -- 3.6 Which Are Determined First, Alternatives or Criteria, and Why? -- 3.7 How to Work with Multiple Scenarios? -- 3.8 Can a Criterion Impact on Another? -- 3.9 Are Alternatives Related or They Are Always Independent? -- 3.10 What Is a Binary Criterion, and What Is Its Purpose? -- 3.11 What Happens When Projects in a Portfolio Need to Be Started at Different Times? -- 3.12 How Do We Work with Group Decision-Making? -- 3.13 What Relationships May Exist Among Resources? -- 3.14 Is it Possible to Work with Negative Performance Values? -- 3.15 What Is Rank Reversal (RR)? -- 3.16 How Do we Know How Well Each Criterion Is Satisfied? -- 3.17 What Is the Strength of a Solution? -- 3.18 How Criteria Are Chosen for Sensitivity Analysis?.
3.19 How to Proceed When the Result Shows Ties Between Alternatives Scores? -- 3.20 What Happens When There Is a Shortage of Resources? -- 3.21 How to Choose Alternatives When Subject to Conditional Criteria? -- 3.22 How to Compute Objective Weights? -- 3.23 How to Proceed When Alternatives Are Already Specified, but Must Be Performed at Different Time Periods? -- 3.24 How Do We Work with Geographic Information System (GIS)? -- 3.25 Considering Technical Aspects -- 3.26 What Are Multiples Scenarios? -- 3.27 Forecasting Risks -- 3.28 When to Use Fuzzy Logic? -- 3.29 What Are the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and How Can They Be Used as Criteria? -- 3.30 What Is the Meaning of Structures in MCDM Methods? -- 3.31 Why in Some Problems Not All Alternatives Get Ranked? -- 3.32 Is it Possible That a Certain Criterion Calls for Maximization and Also for Minimization? -- 3.33 What Is a Composite Index and How Can We Build It? -- 3.34 What Is Planning at Macro Level? -- 3.35 Is It Possible to Validate a Result or a MCDM Method? -- 3.36 How to Work with Negative Objectives? -- 3.37 Why Do We Need to Work with Objective Weights Instead of Subjective Weights? -- 3.38 How to Proceed When in Two Portfolios with Different Projects, the Second Portfolio Depends on the First? -- 3.39 How to Proceed with Portfolios of Projects in Series? -- 3.40 Can Resources Be Interrelated? -- 3.41 Is It Convenient to Partition a Project, Solve Each Part and Then Solving? -- 3.42 How to Work with Projects That Must Be Forcefully Shared Between Several Sites? -- 3.43 How to Work When in the Initial Decision Matrix, the Performance Values Are Probabilities? -- 3.44 How to Work with Weights? -- 3.45 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Analysis of Questions Normally Formulated on MCDM -- 4.1 Is the Top-Down Approach, Correct? -- 4.2 Is It Reasonable to Use Pair-Wise Comparisons in MCDM?. 4.3 The Entropy Concept -- 4.4 Why Different Methods Give a Different Ranking for the Same Problem? -- 4.5 Which Is the Best MCDM Method? -- 4.6 Why Decision-Making Using Preferences Should Be Avoided? -- 4.7 Which Is the Best Normalization Procedure? -- 4.8 Is It Convenient to Use a Linear Hierarchy in MCDM? -- 4.9 Is It Possible to Affirm That a MCDM Solution Can Be Validated? -- 4.10 What Information Can Be Extracted from MCDM Methods? -- 4.11 Ties in Alternatives -- 4.12 Conditions to Be Met to Perform an Efficient Sensitivity Analysis -- 4.13 Strategic Analysis -- 4.14 How to Select the MCDM Method That Best Fits a Problem? -- 4.15 Hidden Factors -- 4.16 How to Reduce the Number of Alternatives? -- 4.17 Is It Always the Best Alternative Selected the One to Be Adopted? -- 4.18 Is Fuzzy Logic Useful in the MCDM Context? -- 4.19 What Are the Criteria? -- 4.20 How to Proceed When Alternatives Are Also Subject to Compliance with a Certain Number of Criteria? -- 4.21 What If We Need the Results Expressed in Quantities? -- 4.22 Planning Resources: How to Compute the Quantity of Resources Required for a Scenario? -- 4.23 What Is a Compromise Solution? -- 4.24 What Is Compensation? -- 4.25 Can We Disaggregate or Partition a Project? -- 4.26 How to Perform Sensitivity Analysis Considering Performance Values? -- 4.27 A Case: Not Sufficient Research Rendered an Unacceptable Solution -- 4.28 Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5: Putting SIMUS to Work -- 5.1 What Platform Does SIMUS Use? -- 5.2 What Can the User Do with SIMUS? -- 5.3 Examples of Applications in Different Areas -- 5.4 Background Information -- 5.5 How SIMUS Works? -- 5.5.1 Sensitivity Analysis -- 5.6 Step-by-Step Procedure Using SIMUS -- 5.7 Operation -- 5.7.1 Additional Characteristics -- 5.8 Particular Scenarios -- 5.8.1 When There Is Dependency Between Projects. 5.8.2 When There Are Project Alliances (Joint Ventures) -- 5.8.3 When the Result Must Be Expressed in Binary -- 5.8.4 When There Is a Need to Have Results in Integers -- 5.8.5 When Alternatives Are Inclusive or Exclusive According to Criteria -- 5.8.6 When There Is Need to Rank Projects in a Portfolio -- 5.8.7 When There Is Shortage of Funds to Execute All Projects in the Portfolio -- 5.8.8 When Selection for Projects Is Linked with Planning and Scheduling Along Several Years -- 5.8.9 When Projects Are Related to Funds Availability -- 5.8.10 When Selection Must Consider That Projects May Have Different Percentages of Completion -- 5.9 Sensitivity Analysis -- 5.9.1 Checking Robustness -- 5.10 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 12 (No Author Mentioned) -- Alternatives -- Compensatory Methods -- Correlation -- Criteria -- Different Results -- Entropy -- Forecasting -- Inconsistency -- Independence of Criteria -- Modelling -- Normalization -- Objectives -- Partitioning -- Preferences -- Pair-Wise Comparisons -- Publishing -- Rankings -- Rank Reversal -- Results -- Scales -- Stakeholders -- Weights -- References. |
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Project Management for Environmental, Construction and Manufacturing Engineers [[electronic resource] ] : A Manual for Putting Theory into Practice / / by Nolberto Munier |
Autore | Munier Nolberto |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 600 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Project management Industrial engineering Production engineering Building—Superintendence Construction industry—Management Construction superintendence Nature conservation Information technology Business—Data processing Environmental Management Project Management Industrial and Production Engineering Construction Management Nature Conservation IT in Business |
ISBN |
1-283-61191-0
9786613924360 94-007-4476-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction And Road Map To Project Management -- Project Innovation And Design -- Leadership And Negotiation For Project Management -- Project Strategic Planning -- Project Impact On The Environment.-.Project Risk Management.-.Project Economic And Financial Evaluation.-.Project Selection And Decision-Making.-.Project Planning And Scheduling.-.Project Materials Management -- Project Communications And Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) -- Project Cost And Budgeting -- Human Resources Planning In Projects -- Project Safety Management -- Project Quality Management -- Project Monitoring And Project Control -- Project Closing -- Index. |
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Risk Management for Engineering Projects [[electronic resource] ] : Procedures, Methods and Tools / / by Nolberto Munier |
Autore | Munier Nolberto |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 220 p. 53 illus., 11 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 658.404 |
Soggetto topico |
Quality control
Reliability Industrial safety Environmental engineering Biotechnology Project management Engineering economics Engineering economy Civil engineering Building—Superintendence Construction industry—Management Construction superintendence Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Project Management Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing Civil Engineering Construction Management |
ISBN | 3-319-05251-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Principles And Elements Of Risk Management – Data And Initial Conditions -- Planning -- Probabilities In Risk Management -- Risk Identification -- Risk Assessment And Analysis -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Project During Execution -- Strategy - Updating -- Closing And Reporting -- Brief Introduction To Probability Distributions -- Index. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299720003321 |
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Strategic Approach in Multi-Criteria Decision Making : A Practical Guide for Complex Scenarios |
Autore | Munier Nolberto |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 pages) |
Disciplina | 658.403 |
Collana | International Series in Operations Research and Management Science Series |
ISBN | 3-031-44453-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910845100403321 |
Munier Nolberto | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Strategic Approach in Multi-Criteria Decision Making [[electronic resource] ] : A Practical Guide for Complex Scenarios / / by Nolberto Munier, Eloy Hontoria, Fernando Jiménez-Sáez |
Autore | Munier Nolberto |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 273 p. 109 illus., 67 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 658.40301 |
Collana | International Series in Operations Research & Management Science |
Soggetto topico |
Operations research
Decision making Management science Production management Operations Research/Decision Theory Operations Research, Management Science Operations Management |
ISBN | 3-030-02726-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Multicriteria decision making, evolution and characteristics -- Chapter 2. The initial decision matrix (IDM) and its fundamental role in modelling a scenario -- Chapter 3. How to shape multiple scenarios -- Chapter 4. The Decision-Maker, a vital component of the decision-making process -- Chapter 5. Design of a decision-making model reality-wise. How should it be done?- Chapter 6. Linear Programming fundamentals -- Chapter 7. The SIMUS method -- Chapter 8. Sensitivity analysis by SIMUS – The IOSA procedure -- Chapter 9. Group decision-making -- Chapter 10. SIMUS applied to quantify SWOT strategies -- Chapter 11. Analysis of lack of agreement between MCDM methods related to the solution of a problem - Proposing a methodology for comparing methods to a reference -- Chapter 12. Some complex and interesting cases solved by SIMUS -- Appendix. |
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Uses and limitations of the AHP method : a non-mathematical and rational analysis / / Nolberto Munier, Eloy Hontoria |
Autore | Munier Nolberto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 pages) |
Disciplina | 658.403 |
Soggetto topico | Multiple criteria decision making |
ISBN | 3-030-60392-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484199103321 |
Munier Nolberto | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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